Monocacy Orchard
Address:
7033 Ed Sears Rd., Dickerson, Frederick Co.
Directions:
From Rt. 270 at Urbana, take Rt. 80 west for about a mile to a left on Park Mills Rd. Take Park Mills for 5.3 miles to a right turn onto Ed Sears Rd (just before the Monocacy River bridge). Follow Ed Sears Rd. for about a mile to its end at the gate to the Jehovah Jirah farm. Take the farm drive for about a quarter mile. The orchard will be on your right above the sheep pasture. You can drive to the orchard gate or into the orchard. Note: See the Google map below.
Contacts:
Ron Kuipers – steward
Myron Horst – Jehovah-Jirah Farm
Phil Pannil – DNR
Plantings: Br96-106 and Green1A are Clapper crosses, the remaining are Musick.
Location:
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June is packed with activities! There are numerous provisional field work projects that haven’t yet been added to the Event Calendar. If you’re interested in participating in your Chapter's planting, pollination, and various field tasks, please contact them to express your enthusiasm. Additionally, consider subscribing to their newsletter, which regularly provides updates on upcoming events.
Check out our event calendar: tacf.org/events/category/tacf/
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Barbara Stovall
The USDA has announced its desire to shut down or repurpose the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), putting TACF’s important chestnut orchard at risk.
This orchard is especially valuable because the trees are growing in soil naturally affected by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), allowing researchers to evaluate disease resistance under real-world conditions. It includes predominantly American chestnut hybrids that have shown promising resistance and could soon provide a vital source of seed for restoration efforts.
We are asking members and volunteers to contact their representatives in Congress and urge continued access to BARC to help preserve this irreplaceable research and restoration resource.
#americanchestnut #contactcongress #calltoaction #conservation #environment
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Does the blight that affects the American chestnut live in the soil or is it airborne? I own several acres that once was a surface coal mine. The reclaimed soil is void of microbes (some consider it sterile). Empress trees grow on it, as well as many native species that don’t do so well in a mature forest. I’d like to try chestnut but not sure if it’s worth the investment.
That is a Chinese chestnut not an American chestnut
I hope they keep it open. These orchard are so important for forest restoration efforts. I created one for Butternut.
It was so much fun to get out and nature and be a part of a community. Volunteer and check out events with your state Chapter to see what you have been missing!
Click the link in our bio to visit the "Volunteer" and "Events Calendar" links under "Get Engaged"
#explore #getinvolved #volunteer #americanchestnut #conservation
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Excellent, Maryland TACF, Maryland Maryland Chestnut Festival
Have you been wanting to learn more about chestnut blight? I thought so!
Check out the article: www.aol.com/lifestyle/orange-gashes-tree-bark-023000711.html
#americanchestnut #explore #restoration #nature #news
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That's just Bigfoot pruning around